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(c) Chickens produce eggs.
The effect of the age of a chicken on the mass of the eggs it laid was investigated.
A statistical test can be used to see if there is a significant correlation between the
age of a chicken and the mass of her eggs.
The value generated by this statistical test will always be between −1.0 to +1.0.
The table shows the mass of eggs collected from chickens of different ages.
Rank of Mass of egg Rank of 2
Age / weeks D D
age /g mass of egg
36 1 2.27 8 −7 49
39 2 1.91
42 3 2.18 5.5 −2.5 6.25
45 4 2.28 9 −5 25
48 5 2.12 4 1 1
51 6 2.19 7 −1 1
54 7 2.18 5.5 1.5 2.25
57 8 2.09 3 5 25
60 9 2.03 2
(i) Calculate the value for ∑ D 2.
Use the table to help you.
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∑D 2
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(ii) Calculate the correlation coefficient, rs value, for this data using the formula:
(2)
rs = 1 −
6(∑ D ) 2
n( n − 1) 2
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(iii) The null hypothesis is that there was no significant correlation between the
age of the chicken and the mass of the eggs laid.
Another scientist replicated this study and gained a correlation coefficient
value of 0.38.
The table shows the critical values at the 95% probability level.
Critical values at the 0.05 %
Number of pairs of data
probability level
8 0.738
9 0.683
10 0.648
Explain whether the null hypothesis should be accepted or rejected.
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(Total for Question 8 = 15 marks)
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